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Dear GAELIC friends
Welcome to the June edition of GAELIC Notes. This month's newsletter looks at the latest developments of the GAELIC Focus Groups. We will keep you informed of future Focus Group news via GAELIC Notes and the Focus Groups web-page...
At the end of May we said a sad goodbye Gwenda Thomas, the FOTIM Manager and GAELIC Director. Gwenda was appointed as Library Director of Rhodes University. We wish Gwenda the very best of luck in the Eastern Cape. The re-appointment of a Manager will be considered in the latter part of 2006.
Warm wishes
From the GAELIC Office
GAELIC FOCUS GROUPS
GAELIC wants to move its activities away from committee-based structures to ones that stimulate specific areas of focus and interest among its members in relation to their work-related needs. The GAELIC Focus groups are gaining momentum. The following groups have approved charters:
- Cataloguing Focus Group
- Innovative System Focus Group
- Metadata Focus Group
In addition, GAELIC is in the process of establishing the following groups:
- Central Storage Facility
- Collection Development and Management
- Inter-Library Loans
- Radio Frequency ID
- Support Staff
- User Education
- Virtual Learning Environment
The first GAELIC Focus Group Workshop was held at UNISA on 19 May 2006. The workshop, a combined effort of the Cataloguing and Innovative System Focus Groups, attracted more than 70 delegates. The presentations of the workshop are available on the website..
GAELIC LIBRARY SUPPORT SERVICES WORKSHOP
GAELIC invites Library Shelvers and Support Services staff of all libraries to a day of fun, learning and networking.
Find out why Clare Walker, Deputy University Librarian of the University of the Witwatersrand, says "There's more to shelving than nice straight shelves!"
Be challenged to*"Explore shelf numbers and letters*why and how. A "hands on" session conducted by Paiki Muswazi, Education and Training Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand.
Network and share tips and secrets with team leaders Ruddy Maseko from University of Limpopo - Medunsa Campus, Ambrose Lekoma, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Sebina Levember, Eunice Ditshego, from Tshwane University of Technology, Garankuwa Campus, and Stephen Nkutha from Vaal University of Technology.
Learn to manage time and survive from 9 to 5 with Janet Zambri, Inter Library Loans Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand…
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The Academy of Science of South Africa has published a Report on a Strategic Approach to Research Publishing in South Africa.
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Online registration for the LIASA Conference 2006 is now open.
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Please share your news, promotions, retirements, awards etc with your colleagues. Send all nosey notes to tanya@fotim.ac.za
NOSEY NOTES
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The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Mark Twain
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